Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 96 The Terrifying 'Boiler Room!'

"Brother, even though we reported it in advance, can we really search without a search warrant?"

"Yes, you can. Trust me."

"Really?"

"Definitely!"

"But I feel like coming in is a bit against the rules."

"I'm a law student, do you know the rules better than me?"

Half past eleven in the evening.

In front of the abandoned building of the Mingmei Welfare Home, overgrown with weeds.

Wang Chao looked at Xu Liang, who was leading the way. His throat trembled, and he finally swallowed and asked in a low voice.

"Brother Liang, but why do I feel like we might have broken the law?"

The moment those words were spoken.

Xu Liang suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around to look at Wang Chao, his face full of seriousness.

"Don't ask, don't say, just do more!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chao gave an awkward smile and said nothing more.

He looked around warily, his nerves already on edge.

Xu Liang turned around and continued to grope his way forward.

Just as he expected.

The time and procedures for applying for an investigation order are too complicated. While the case may seem serious, Du Tao might expedite the approval process.
The bigger the case, the more cautious Du Tao becomes!
First, they lack substantial evidence to prove that the Mingmei Welfare Home harbors victims.

Secondly, if the welfare home is not hiding any victims, and Wang Hai is the mastermind behind the case, then the search warrant will only alert him!
Du Tao has a lot to consider; he can't make a hasty decision.

But Xu Liang's way of thinking was different.

"If we find anything tonight, we just need to issue a search warrant within 24 hours."

"Even if we don't find anything today, it will be extremely beneficial to the case. It will prevent us from alerting the suspects. Even if we find traces of a search later, it won't matter. By the time we do, the police station will probably have already come up with a plan!"

"Don't worry about being discovered. Your sister is waiting outside. If we can't get out within two hours, don't call. Your sister will call the police directly. The police from the local station can arrive within ten minutes!"

As Xu Liang moved the grass to both sides of the road, he explained in a low voice.

It's obvious that they had considered everything before coming.

At this moment, his gaze became alert, scanning the gloomy abandoned building through the inky night, finally settling on the rusty iron lock.

He took two steps forward and reached out to grasp the iron lock.

The cold touch traveled through my fingertips to my mind, along with the rusty, iron-like texture.

"It's rusted shut, I can't open it."

Wang Chao spoke up to remind him.

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang calmly reached for his waist.

The next second, two brand-new wrenches appeared in Xu Liang's hands before Wang Chao's wide eyes.

Xu Liang gripped the two wrenches in the semi-circular lock holes, then squeezed them tightly like he was holding scissors.

"Crack!"

In an instant, the rusty lock was violently destroyed!
Upon seeing this, Wang Chao looked at Xu Liang with disbelief and shock in his eyes.

"Brother Liang, aren't you a lawyer!?"

"What's the big deal?"

"As a lawyer, it's normal to break locks when there's some special information that I can't access."

Xu Liang explained casually.

"I'm easy to beat up if I pick locks, so it's reasonable for me to carry two wrenches with me, right?"

Wang Chao:
His response was halting and hesitant.

"It's reasonable."

"Find a spot to lie low and keep watch. If anyone comes, alert me with bird calls!"

After saying that, Xu Liang ignored him and untied all the iron chains binding the door. He then slipped into the doorway.

Wang Chao was left alone in the same spot.

He looked around but couldn't find anything to hide his enormous body.

I thought about it.

Wang Chao climbed up to the second floor with his bare hands and then disappeared into the darkness.

Quiet. Very quiet.

The entire abandoned floor was deathly silent, so quiet that even breathing and heartbeats were clearly audible.

"Da da."

A faint sound of footsteps echoed through the building.

Xu Liang emerged from the darkness.

He looked around.

In the darkness, he could vaguely see the rotten tables and chairs piled up beside him, and the portraits hanging on the wall seemed to be watching him from behind.

With a turn of the head, the figure withdrew its gaze and returned to its lifeless state.

Before its establishment, the building of Mingmei Welfare Home was a private primary school.

It later went bankrupt and closed down.

There are footprints.

Xu Liang murmured.

Following his memory, he arrived at the corner of the stairs, crouched down, and used the faint yellow light from his phone screen to illuminate the ground, revealing a clear footprint in front of him.

Besides, there was a bunch of messy footprints not far away. "Shoe size 40, foot length 25, height about 175cm, judging from the depth of the footprints, they were left today."

Xu Liang silently calculated in his mind, then looked up at the source of the footprints.

There was a side door, and the footprints led to...

Xu Liang followed the direction of the footprints and slowly looked up.

The footprints led all the way to the stairs.

Xu Liang lowered his head and followed the path, the faint light illuminating the footprints before him.

He had just stepped onto the stairs when, in a daze...
The footprints disappeared!

There were no other footprints left on the stairs!

"Didn't you go upstairs?"

Xu Liang's heart stirred, and he silently retreated from the stairs, moving a little further away to carefully examine the footprints.

"basement!?"

Xu Liang narrowed his eyes and found a metal door at the bottom of the stairs.

The door is located in an extremely tricky and hidden spot; it was originally designed to prevent children from going there.

The footprints at the doorway were no longer legible.

The dust at the entrance had long been trampled away, creating a stark contrast with the surroundings!
"Wow!"

Xu Liang touched the door, and a crisp metallic sound rang out.

"There's a new lock too."

Xu Liang murmured to himself. He didn't rush to unlock the door, but instead pressed his ear against it.

A faint sound could be heard coming from inside the door.

Having obtained the information, Xu Liang no longer hesitated and directly pulled out a wire from his waist.

The wire was inserted into the lock cylinder, and he hooked it slightly with his finger.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the lock in front of them was pried open.

"Squeak~"

The sound of the door hinges turning rang out, and a downward staircase appeared, ending in deep darkness.

Having confirmed that there was flowing air inside, Xu Liang stepped directly inside.

"Da da da."

Footsteps echoed in the narrow stairwell.

"Whoo~"

Before long, he was able to clearly hear his own breathing.

A moment later, a different sound gradually appeared in my ears.

"Gulu."

Xu Liang frowned; he could vaguely hear the water boiling.

There's boiling water underground!?
He continued walking down.

As the sound deepened, it became clearer and clearer!

"Grrrrrr!"

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

It was definitely boiled water, and not just a little bit!
Xu Liang frowned and quickened his pace, as if something unpleasant was on his mind.

Before long, they reached the end of the basement.

A spacious area, resembling an underground parking garage, appeared before him!
The surrounding walls, mottled and worn, exuded a damp smell, and the rusty pipes emitted a foul odor.

Several surgical transport beds were haphazardly placed around.

The surroundings of the transfer bed
Four boilers made of cement suddenly appeared!

"Coo coo coo~"

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle~!"

That snoring sound came from the boiling water in the boiler!
Xu Liang looked around at the four large cement boilers and was shocked.

What are these things doing at the welfare home?!

And
Xu Liang stared intently at the surgical transport bed.

If nothing unexpected happens, someone has been brought to this boiler, and that person is now...
Before he could think further,

In the damp basement.

A faint aroma of meat wafted towards Xu Liang's nose.

Xu Liang walked up the steps to the boiler and looked at the hot, meaty boiler that was emitting a meaty aroma.

The source of the meaty aroma is right under the pot lid.
Xu Liang's face grew increasingly grim, turning ashen in an instant. He gripped the pot lid again, and then...
"Snapped!"

The pot lid was lifted.

"GuluGulu~"

Boiling water, bubbling and steaming, appeared in front of Xu Liang, but there was nothing else.

Xu Liang stared intently at him.

until
"Gulu~"

In boiling, bubbling water.

A head suddenly surfaced.

(End of this chapter)